Tony Zirkle for Congress

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May 2, 2008

Press Release Tony Zirkle for Congress - Zirkle Jabs Back

I will be hold a press conference today, May 2, 2008 in my South Bend law office at 110 N. Main St., South Bend, IN at 11:00 a.m. and will be available by cell phone at 317 658-0107 throughout the rest of the campaign 24/7.

Zirkle on the Puckett Campaign: To Punch Back or Not Punch Back, that is the question

The Republican non-leadership as well as the snarky bloggers have been throwing everything at me including the names of racist, bigot, Nazi, nutjob, etc.

I’m not flinching or backing down. Great leaders must be able to withstand adversity.

However, the public sometimes wants to know if a candidate can punch back and that one qualification for a V.P. candidate, for example, is whether or not they can be an effective ax man for the party platform.

I have refrained from attacking to this point because I believe he is a nice person, has a good, but misguided, heart, and he has a family. He is also a political novice, naive and is probably just toeing the party platform and campaigning how he is told by the Republican non-leadership.

Additionally, if I attack back too strongly, there is a risk that I’ll knock out Luke and he’ll lose by more than 10 points in the fall. Back in 2002, Republican St. Joseph County incumbent prosecutor Toth and now incumbent Democrat Dvorak were running close until I wrote a Michiana Point of View. Toth then lost by 20 some points which is what I had predicted when I sent phone calls throughout the county in the primary where I got 34%. The district will then no longer be perceived as being so competitive and it’ll be more difficult to win the seat in 2010.
However, I will throw a few minor jabs at the Republican non-leadership so that I don’t completely burn the last embers of the few bridges I have left with them.

NAZI IS WHAT NAZI DO

Who is engaged in Nazi tactics. Didn’t the Nazis believe that you have to tell the biggest lie possible, and that the bigger the lie, the more likely people will believe it?

1. The R in any other name would still smell the same

The St. Joseph County Republican stool-man, Chris Riley has said that “The R next to Tony Zirkle’s name does not stand for republican. It stands for repulsive.”

O.K. The R in Chris Riley’s name is a typo. It is actually a W. I’m now calling him Chris Wiley, as in Wiley Coyote, who keeps chasing me like I’m the road runner. Chris Wiley can throw every acme lie at me he can find, and I’m not backing down or surrendering one inch of ground against the Great Porn Dragon. Besides I’m by far the most qualified candidate in this race, so I have a responsibility to campaign. If I lose, at least I’ll know I ran an honest campaign and that I did all I could for my country.

2. Two Front War

The Nazis engaged in a two front war against England and the U.S. and Russia. It was the same mistake Napoleon made and Bush is risking the same with both Afghanistan and Iraq.

Chris Wiley and Kyle Bailey have advised the Puckett mis-campaign to spend their time on reading Google alerts on Tony Zirkle. While they are spending so much time reading the anti-Zirkle slander on the Internet, they have had no time to research the issues, and every time they open their mouth to attack less than fully cocked, they end up helping the democrat Donnelly.

3. Hypocrite

How is it that a Wiley endorsed candidate makes a tv commercial boasting about being a missionary to a communist country that has murdered and imprisoned innocent political dissidents and then turns right around and attacks someone for presenting a Gospel book of love to 56 national socialists who have not committed, to my knowledge, even a tiny fraction of the crimes against dignified humanity that the press wants us to believe Cuba has.

4. Liar

a. The Wiley endorsed campaign wants the voters to think I’m a Nazi. I’m not and I’m the expert on my position. They will make themselves look incompetent when the public learns that I have 3 Jewish Christian children.

b. The Wiley endorsed campaign said Joe Donnelly wants to nationalize government health care. Donnelly denied it.

c. The Wiley endorsed campaign attacked Donnelly on FISA. Donnelly supports extending FISA.

d. The Wiley endorsed campaign has slandered me with everything they have and have done all they can to remove any forum from me to correct the record. Is that a Republican tactic or a Nazi tactic. Who is the real Nazi?

5. Bribes and Media Hound

The Wiley endorsed campaign gave out free gas to get media attention. This is the same campaign that has called me a media hound.

6. Traffic obstructors

The Wiley endorsed campaign held a press conference at the same time as a published one of mine, set up camp between my office and the South Bend Tribune and obstructed allegedly traffic into Donnelly’s Congressional office.

7. No Charisma

How is it that the Wiley endorsed campaign, with the full backing of the Republican party, can only get 20 individuals to pony up any dough? They’re probably getting a flood of support now based on fear the democrats will use me to paint all republicans as a Nazi, so the Wiley endorsed campaign is using a false Nazi fear tactic to raise funds that they can’t inspire with a true and solid campaign platform.

8. Cowardly Debate Fleeing Candidate

The Wiley endorsed campaign has run, run, run from all public debates. Does the Republican party really want to send a completely un-vetted candidate to the fall election? People may disagree with my views, but at least I can debate them, defend their merits, and persuade many to my side when on rare occasion I get a chance.

I will make myself available to respond to this press release.

Tony Zirkle
www.tonyzirkle.com/campaign
317 658-0107